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Stay up to date with the latest project announcements, industry developments and technical insights from DeconCut. We cover what matters to asset owners, shutdown managers and project teams working in heavy industry - from decommissioning trends and technology updates to project milestones across Australia, New Zealand and Austro-Asia.
Half the cutting quotes that miss their number were doomed at RFQ stage. The scope did not carry the information the price depends on. Here is what a cutting contractor
Most cutting jobs belong with a good concrete cutting company. Some do not. Here are the five signs a scope has crossed the line into specialist territory, where the methodology
Cutting concrete inside operating water infrastructure is its own discipline. The asset keeps supplying customers while you open its walls. Here is what the asset owners require, drawn from work
On a shutdown, the cutting contractor does not set the programme. The outage window does. Here is how cutting scopes are planned when the restart date is fixed and the
Wire saws and wall saws solve different problems. Two recent Perfect Group projects show exactly where the line sits, and why choosing wrong costs money on one job and safety
When concrete has to come off a structure that must keep working, the choice of removal method decides whether the repair adds life to the asset or quietly shortens it.
TBM dismantling is a cutting job before it is a lifting job. Here is how the cutting side gets planned when a tunnel boring machine has finished its drive and
On a producing facility, the cost of a cut has little to do with cutting time. It is set by the permit system. A single flame cut inside a hydrocarbon
Australia's offshore decommissioning task is no longer hypothetical. The Commonwealth's own estimate puts the liability at $43.6 billion out to 2070, with more than half the work due before 2040.
Ask most people to compare wire saws and they will compare kilowatts. It is the wrong first question. The first question is how much wire the machine can store, because
DeconCut acknowledges the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Isander people as Traditional Custodians of the country on which we live and work. We pay our respects to the Traditional Custodians and Elders past, present and future, and honour their connection to the land and ongoing contribution to society.